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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Lakeport, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lakeport and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Lakeport:
    • 32.405054, -94.710170
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Lakeport
  • Bird Watching ...
    • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
    • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Gregg County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gregg County
    • Since Lakeport is near Harrison County and also Rusk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rusk County
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Lakeport

Communities Also Named Lakeport ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Lakeport.

Within Texas, the name Lakeport is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Chicot County
      • This Lakeport is located in Chicot County and lies 215 miles [346 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lakeport that is located in Gregg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chicot County community of Lakeport.
    • California
      • Lake County
      • This Lakeport is located in Lake County and lies 1,638 miles [2,636.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lakeport that is located in Gregg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Lakeport.
    • Florida
      • Glades County
      • This Lakeport is located in Glades County and lies 895 miles [1,440.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lakeport that is located in Gregg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Glades County community of Lakeport.
    • Iowa
      • Woodbury County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Lakeport [Woodbury County].
    • Michigan
      • Saint Clair County
      • This Lakeport is located in Saint Clair County and lies 993 miles [1,598.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lakeport that is located in Gregg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Lakeport.
    • New Hampshire
      • Belknap County
      • This Lakeport is located in Belknap County and lies 1,473 miles [2,370.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lakeport that is located in Gregg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Belknap County community of Lakeport.
    • New York
      • Madison County
      • This Lakeport is located in Madison County and lies 1,262 miles [2,031 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lakeport that is located in Gregg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Lakeport.
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Lakeport.
    • Oregon
      • Curry County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Lakeport [Curry County].
    • South Dakota
      • Yankton County
      • This Lakeport is located in Yankton County and lies 741 miles [1,192.5 km]<1> to the north of the Lakeport that is located in Gregg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yankton County community of Lakeport.
    • Wisconsin
      • Pepin County
      • This Lakeport is located in Pepin County and lies 842 miles [1,355.1 km]<1> to the north of the Lakeport that is located in Gregg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pepin County community of Lakeport.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lakeport ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Chalk Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Chalk Hill is located in Rusk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk Hill
  • Cross Roads
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cross Roads is located in Rusk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
  • Danville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Danville is located in Gregg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
  • Elderville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Elderville is located in Gregg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elderville
  • Gum Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Gum Springs is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
  • Longview
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Longview Heights
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Longview Heights is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview Heights
  • Mayflower
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Mayflower is located in Rusk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower
  • Rolling Meadows
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Rolling Meadows is located in Gregg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Meadows

How Far From Lakeport to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Lakeport to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lakeport and extending to:

  • Longview, which is the Seat of Gregg County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 231 miles [371.8 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Lakeport to Austin, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,085 miles [1,746.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 62 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,924 miles [11,143.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,652 miles [12,314.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,528 miles [8,896.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lakeport) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Lakeport could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Lakeport, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<6>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Lakeport to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lakeport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4051, Longitude: -94.7102       In this case, the coordinates for Lakeport have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.518 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.77 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.784 degrees.